[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Oh no, I'm not disputing that Takumi cares about people -- I think it'd be hard to make a case for any main Rider not caring about others. But the way this done, it's like... I don't know. It's like if Godai started getting very grungy. Like, yes, we know those character traits are there, but this doesn't feel like the way they'd express them or use them at all.

I think the thing that really made it work for me is that the only person who hears Takumi's speech on the power of dreams and how even a hollow man like him would protect them... it's a monster he immediately destroys. I love how secret Takumi keeps his motivation, how he wouldn't dare give a high-minded defense of dreams to Mari or Keitaro. It's basically a confession, and now the monster has to die after hearing it.

That aspect of it, how he'd never admit it to anyone (that he'd let live afterwards) even though he feels it intensely, I think that's what locked it in for me.